Tags

The information on this page is incomplete and may not be of much use.

If you can, please help by adding to it.

Tags are per user based categories/grouping options.

Implementation

Currently fully implemented, suggestions on improvement are welcome.

You can:

add tags to an anime
vote up or down for a tag
list anime with the same tags
request edit/delete for tags
blacklist tags
mark tags as spoiler (per anime or globally)

Adding your own Anime Tags

Tagname - Lower-case / British English

Differing from category names (e.g. "Violent Retribution for Accidental Infringement" or "Sudden Girlfriend Appearance") that use a book title caps spelling, the anime tags are spelled lower-case by default in British English!

Tagname Rules

To ensure tag naming consistency, please abide by these rules:

Tag names are basically all lower-case, just like they would be used in sentences.
Countries / languages: E.g. Spain, French, Japanese
Abbreviations are kept all upper-case, e.g. SMS, CG, OP, ED, 3D.
Names (e.g. movies, book titles): Cap the first letter of the names, e.g. Blade Runner, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Japanese words are spelled all upper-case.
Avoid:

redundant use of existing category names - set the category instead!
redundant use of character tags, e.g. character names, voice actors, directors, anime specific organisations, fannames, etc.
all upper-case tag names, e.g. NEVER -> never
avoid excessive use of ! or ?, e.g. blah!!! -> blah!

Please try to be objective when creating tag names, e.g. "this show is crap" will certainly not help and be deleted.

Description

When adding a new tag name, please add a description text as well. This helps all the users out there understand why you defined the tag, and will make your tags all the more valuable and useful:

Use British English (no fancy casing)!
Try to describe the intent / meaning of your tag as clearly as possible.

Note: Tag maintainers are much more likely to delete an obscure tag that does not have a description.

Global Spoiler? / Local Spoiler?

A tag can very well be a huge spoiler. To avoid giving away information you can either check mark it as a global spoiler (tag name is always considered to be a spoiler) or as a local spoiler (tag name is only a giveaway for the current anime).

Creq Comment

When suggesting a tag name change, add a descriptive comment in the text box explaining your reasons.

List of common tags

Some tags are widespread in AniDB.

Character tags

zettai ryouiki: Exposed skin between a girl's skirt and stockings. (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zettai_Ry%C5%8Diki)

Cloudcuckoolander: Some character is thinking too much about daily things of life, or is plain stupid. Ex: Osaka from Azumanga Daioh.

baka: Idiot. Stupid.

intelligent: Opposed to baka. Usually it's an alien life form, a woman doing money, or a man doing women. Ex: The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.

hikikomori: The character in the anime is just like you in real life. Otaku.

all hail to the tail: Some character has a tail. Ex: Tails from Sonic X.

so moe i am gonna die: Any girl with cute eyes. Any animal with triangular ears. A little sister.

emo fag: Any guy with long hair. An emotional homosexual. Ex: L from Death Note.

muchos emos: Portuguese eMOnsters.

jesus: Portuguese given name. Do not confuse with Muhammad, Buddha or Skywalker.

Sakura: There is a pink tree somewhere. Or some girl with this name. Ex: Sakura from Sakura Taisen, Sakura from Card Captor Sakura.

cc is hot: For all the possible animes with a character with name “cc”. Ex: Candy Candy from Candy Candy.

kamen: Mask, theatre. Basically any super-hero on a carnival day. Ex: Zero from Code Geass, Action Kamen from Crayon Shin-chan.

large ambition: Wants to score.

lame: No cool: Hot. Ex: Tetsuo from Akira.

loser: Anime character. Only when all possible characters win, there is no loser.

mahou shoujo: Magical bitch.

noodle people: Ramen guys advertising. Ex: Freedom.

Anime tags

boring: There wasn't any hentai. Ex: Meitantei Conan.

lacking: There wasn't any hentai. Something else missing in the anime, like motorbikes and cellphones in a fantasy world.

shit: When nobody ever ever needs to go to toilet, then it's a no-shit anime.

random shit: When somebody needs to go to toilet, but doesn't.

utter crap: Same as “quality”, but for different people.

shit blows up: Killer cows.

gattai: Fusing mechas, like ♂ inside ♀.

imma chargin mah lazer: You can only attack after screaming the name of it out loud during 3 consecutive episodes. Ex: Kamehameha from Dragon Ball Z.

overrated: This anime isn't as good as the world first rank Pokemon.

underrated: This anime is as good as the world first rank Pokemon.

fillers: There are extra adventures when you compare it to the manga: you can't possibly dream of anything better. Ex: Naruto and the curry of life.

short story made looooong: Long story cut in short episodes.

gets better with time: The last episode is good, when they all die.

waste of time: Same as any other.

painful to watch: You died laughing. The displayed time is always analog.

Explicite tags

boing: Breasts moving up and down, left and right, changing shape and dancing like crazy. Ex: Jungle De Ikou!

are those boobs ewwwwww: When E cup is not enough, use EWWWWWW cup.

the balls are inert: Doesn't hurt to be kicked in the balls.

excessive fanservice: Not enough naked breasts and too much cloths to make it hentai.

tissue boxes are amazing: To clean the screen after watching excessive fanservice.

MILF: Mother I'd Like to Fuck. Whenever there is young mother with breasts in an anime, there will always be a guy to masturbate. Ex: Weda from Hare+Guu, Masane Amaha from Witchblade.

wtf: What The Fuck. You never tried this position before. Ex: Tokyo Tribe 2.

furries: Uncensored pubic hair.

douchebag: Whenever a character enjoys rinsing her vagina with toys.

mind fuck: Sexual depiction of a headshot.

Language tags

dubbed: Back in 1917, animation movies were not dubbed. Nowadays, it is possible to find Japanese dubbed animation. Ex: Astro Boy in 1963.

engrish: You found a fastsub of this anime.

funky german: Same as German. Same as funky.

doener kebap: Typical non-Japanese funky dish.

kansai-ben: When people say “yō”.

desu noto: Death note. Wrong spelling. Next time try your own name on it.

Other

daikon: A vegetable used by lolis in hentai animes. Do not confuse with carrot.

carrot: A vegetable used by lolis in hentai animes. Do not confuse with banana.

banana: A fruit used by lolis in hentai animes. Do not confuse with daikon.

over nine thousand: Number of downloads. Ex: Son Goku from Dragon Ball Z.

on dvd: I burned it.

over tagged: Not yet all possible tags were added if “guten tagged” is missing.